(Cornell University) Looking to push the boundaries of nanoscience, the Kavli Institute at Cornell for Nanoscale Science is no longer a think tank for new ideas, but a proving ground to aggressively push the limits of nanotechnology. And to that end, Cornell has named Paul McEuen, the...

Google Inc. Chief Executive Eric Schmidt says he is confident that newspapers will find new ways to make money online by harnessing the vast reach of the Internet.Media executives have accused Google of draining readers and advertising from newspapers online. But speaking Sunday night to open...

NAB (Booth SU902) In the news release, " Avid Announces Agreement to Acquire Euphonix," issued earlier today by Avid(r) (NASDAQ: AVID), please be advised that "www.EUPHONIX.com (http://www.EUPHONIX.com) " in the last sentence of the fifth paragraph should link to www.EUPHONIX.com...

(Massachusetts Institute of Technology) A team of MIT researchers has found a novel way to mimic the process by which plants use the power of sunlight to split water and make chemical fuel to power their growth. In this case, the team used a modified virus as a kind of biological scaffold...

NAB (Booth SU902) Avid@ (NASDAQ: AVID) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Mountain View, CA-based Euphonix, a leader in large-format digital audio consoles, media controllers and peripherals. With the acquisition, Avid will deliver a broad range of audio...

Evolution, Big Bang Polls Omitted From NSF Report by Yudhijit Bhattacharjee
The section, which was part of the unedited chapter on public attitudes toward science and technology, notes that 45% of Americans in 2008 answered true to the statement, “Human beings, as we know them...

Xerox Corp. CEO Ursula Burns, the first black woman to lead a Fortune 500 company, saw her pay increase 77 percent in 2009 after she was promoted from president and kept cutting costs amid an economic downturn.Burns' pay climbed to $9.9 million last year from $5.6 million the year before,...

Enghouse Systems Limited (TSX: ESL) today announced its intention to renew its normal course issuer bid for its Common Shares in accordance with the requirements of the Toronto Stock Exchange.Enghouse continues to have significant cash reserves and positive cash flow. The Company believes its share...

The following is a list of initial public offerings that priced or were postponed during the week of Apr. 5-9.Metals USA Holdings Corp. (NYSE: MUSA), a leading provider of value-added processed metals and manufactured components, based in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., priced 11.4 million shares at $21...

Autodesk Inc. has settled a 3-year-old trademark dispute over its DWG, or drawing, file format with the Open Design Alliance, a consortium of software developers and users that promotes open and standard formats for computer-aided design data.Under the terms of the agreement, the Open Design...